Bill Text: IL HB1735 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Appellate Defender Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the commission.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1735 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB1735-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB1735 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
725 ILCS 105/6 from Ch. 38, par. 208-6
Amends the State Appellate Defender Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the commission.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Appellate Defender Act is amended by
changing Section 6 as follows:
(725 ILCS 105/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 208-6)
Sec. 6. Powers and and Duties of Commission.
(a) The commission shall advise the State Appellate
Defender and may, subject to rules of the Supreme Court,
recommend policies for the operation of the office of State
Appellate Defender.
(b) The commission shall approve or modify an operational
budget submitted to it by the State Appellate Defender and set
the number of employees each year.
(c) The commission may recommend to the Supreme Court the
removal of the State Appellate Defender if the commission has
reasonable grounds for making such recommendation.
(d) The commission shall exercise such other powers and
duties as the Supreme Court by rule may provide.
(e) The State Appellate Defender shall submit reports to
the commission on the operation of his office at each
semi-annual meeting. He shall submit a comprehensive report to
the commission at the end of each fiscal year. The commission

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may require the State Appellate Defender to submit additional
or amended reports on any phase of the operation of his office.
(Source: P.A. 77-2633.)